Every Sermon Illustration I’ve Ever Used
This weekend, I mentioned how one of our staff members “celebrated” my 15-year anniversary at the Summit by writing up “The Ultimate J.D....
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Aug 2, 20192 min read
Engage People Who Disagree With You, Persevere in Your Senior Years, & (Maybe?) Ditch Facebook
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jul 31, 20193 min read
Why We Would Have Made the Same Choice as Adam
The fourth-century philosopher St. Augustine wasn’t raised as a Christian, and he ran with a pretty sketchy crowd as a teen. They...
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Jul 29, 20195 min read
The Three Most Important Lessons Christians Can Learn in College
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jul 26, 20192 min read
Purity Culture, Wilderness Prophets, & Why Leaders Need Big Blocks of Time
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jul 24, 20193 min read
God Does His Greatest Work Through Simple Acts of Obedience
Throughout the book of Judges, we see time and time again that God brings down the most powerful tyrants through weak human instruments...
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Jul 22, 20195 min read
The Cost of Pursuing Multi-ethnic Churches
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jul 19, 20193 min read
Democrats and Abortion, President Trump’s Message, & Your Imminent Professional Decline
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jul 17, 20194 min read
Does Church Membership Matter?
There was a time when the question of church membership was not much of a question at all. Jump back a generation or two, and nearly...
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Jul 15, 20194 min read
A Dangerous Taste of Genesis 1
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jul 12, 20192 min read
The Image of God in the Elderly, Perfection (Not Perfectionism), & What Not to Do with Your Gri
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jul 8, 20194 min read
Three Ways to Live as Gentle Aggressors
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jul 1, 20193 min read
It’s a Doggy-dog World
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jun 28, 20192 min read
LGBT Pride Month, Mud Hut Dating Traditions, & You Are More Than Your Enneagram Number
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jun 26, 20193 min read
Slaves to Worship
The Apostle Paul taught in Romans that everybody—religious or irreligious, moral or immoral—is driven by worship. To worship something is...
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Jun 24, 20194 min read
Six Reasons to Open Your Bible Right Now
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
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Jun 21, 20192 min read
The Myth of Pro-life Hypocrisy, the Problem with Celebrity Christians, & the Alternative to Pur
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Jun 19, 20194 min read
Why Does God Allow Us to Keep Struggling Against Sin?
One of my favorite books is the Select Letters of John Newton. Newton is most famous for writing “Amazing Grace,” but he also pastored a...
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Jun 17, 20194 min read
Which Rock Are You?
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298 churches!)...
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Jun 14, 20198 min read
What You Should Read This Summer
Pastor J.D. is an avid reader—both by personality and by conviction. But you don’t have to devour books as ravenously as he does to...
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